The British Council International Co-ordinators’ Course is designed to equip teachers around the world with the skills required to manage international school partnerships.

We offer two levels of the course – introduction and advanced - to suit teachers with different amounts of experience in this area. Each course lasts one day and is open to anyone who is setting up or managing a partnership with a school in another country. (Your school does not have to be participating in Connecting Classrooms, or any other programme managed by the British Council.)

The one-day introductory course is for teachers who are new to working in international school partnerships and covers:

• the role of an international co-ordinator
• an introduction to joint curriculum projects
• inter-cultural challenges
• building a team
• communicating a vision.

The one-day advanced course is for teachers who have some experience of working as the international co-ordinator for their school and covers:

• community engagement
• sustainability
• case studies and sharing good practice.

Course dates for teachers in the UK

Introductory courses:

• Otley, West Yorkshire - Wednesday 7 March 2012
• Taunton, Somerset - Tuesday 13 March 2012  **FULLY BOOKED**
• London - Friday 30 March 2012

Advanced course:

• Manchester - Wednesday 29 February 2012

If you'd like to attend a course, please fill out the online registration form

Courses for teachers outside of the UK

We also offer the International Co-ordinators' Course in many other countries around the world. If you are not based in the UK and are interested in participating in one of these courses, please contact us to find out how the courses are run in your country and how to get involved.